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This is not your daddy’s career opportunity search….
You can’t just send out resumes anymore and expect to get a call for a medical sales job or health care sales career opportunity.  Life is different, and the job search is different.  Get a career coach, get on LinkedIn, discover some CV help.  Get serious, and play to win. [...] Related posts:

1. LinkedIn Discussion: What’s your opinion on the American Institute of Laboratory Sales Academy? Are you on LinkedIn?  If not, you should be.  Not…
2. Pathology Revenue Position Search Tip: Don’t Apply Online A position search primarily conducted online (completing online applications, submitting…
3. 5 Things That Will Stop You From Landing the Medical/Healthcare Sales Job You Want 1.  Wrong degree To get a position in medical sales, healthcare…

About a year ago, I started publishing vids on YouTube (about career opportunity searching, interviews, resumes, LinkedIn, 30/60/90-day plans, types of medical revenue, and more) on the MedSalesRecruiter Channel.  To date, there are 54 movie scenes available, and I am happy to report that views of those episodes have reached the 100,000 mark!
The big 3 movie scenes are:
Closing [...] Related posts:

1. Career opportunity Seekers: Here’s Your “Clip Guide to Getting Hired” Here are 22 videos designed to guide you through the…
2. How to Calm Job Interview Nerves Does the thought of your upcoming clinical sales job interview…
3. Use a 30-60-90-day plan to secure a pharmaceutical job selling! I got a thank you note recently from a candidate who just landed a…

Sometimes companies hire outside recruiters as consultants assigned to conduct candidate interviews for jobs in pharmaceutical sales, health care sales, medical device revenue, pharma sales, medical diagnostics sales, pathology sales, or clinical sales. Understandably, these interview situations make candidates a little more nervous….but I have a career opportunity interview strategy for you to handle this [...] Related posts:

1. 6 Tips for a Successful Medical Device Revenue Job Interview Competition for positions in clinical sales can be fierce.  Health…
2. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Job Interview in Laboratory Sales A behavioral job interview is a popular interview tactic in…
3. Big 10 Ways to Ace Your Pharma Sales Interview Here are 10 of my best tips to help you…

Thanks to the Wireless Executive Recruiter for this video. Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized medical and laboratory sales recruiting team of PHC Consulting.© Copyright 2008 PHC Consulting | All rights reserved [...] Related posts:

1. Career opportunity Interview Prep: Be Ready for the Toughest Interview Musings The toughest job interview questions in pharmaceutical and health care…
2. Stand Out In Your Medical Sales Job Interview What does it take to set yourself apart from the…
3. How to Calm Position Interview Nerves Does the thought of your upcoming medical sales position interview…

“What’s your greatest weakness?” is one of these typical but tough job interview musings.  We all hate it, but you know you’re going to get asked, so be prepared.  It’s trickier than it seems on the surface, and there’s an art to answering it well.  Do you give your real weakness and how you’ve overcome [...] Related posts:

1. Big 10 Ways to Ace Your Pharma Sales Interview Here are Ten of my best tips to help you…
2. What questions will they ask in a medical sales interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. What to Bring to Your Pharmaceutical Sales Job Interview What will the best-prepared candidate bring to the interview? You…

What will the best-prepared candidate bring to the interview?
You bring what it takes to show the hiring manager who you are, what you’ve done, and what you can do for him.
For jobs in clinical sales, health care revenue, laboratory revenue, pharmaceutical device sales, pharmaceutical sales, imaging sales, or medical sales, you should bring your RESUME, [...] Related posts:

1. Stand Out In Your Clinical Sales Career opportunity Interview What does it take to set yourself apart from the…
2. What questions will they ask in a laboratory sales interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. When To Introduce Your 30/60/90-Day Plan In the Interview Creating a  30/60/90-day plan is one of the most effective…

What does it take to set yourself apart from the competition in the job search?  Is it a jaw-dropping resume, a brag book, a 30/60/90-day plan, a great LinkedIn profile, smooth interview skills, or how well you prepare for the interview?  Yes, it’s all these things.  AND, it’s more. It’s how you career opportunity yourself [...] Related posts:

1. 6 Creative Ways to Stand Out in the Position Search! Can’t get an interview? Can’t get past the first interview?…
2. What questions will they ask in a clinical sales interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Job Interview in Medical Sales A behavioral job interview is a popular interview tactic in…

I wouldn’t recommend this particular job interview technique for medical revenue because of the blush factor, but she did calm her nerves and find her confidence, didn’t she? Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized medical and pharmaceutical revenue recruiting team of [...] Related posts:

1. STAR Interview Technique for Behavioral Position Interviews Employers wanna know about more than just your skills…
2. Ten Popular Behavioral Interview Musings for Medical Sales Behavioral interview questions are the norm for career opportunity interviews in…
3. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Job Interview in Clinical Sales A behavioral job interview is a popular interview tactic in…

“Are you a team player?”
You’ll almost certainly get asked this question in your next job interview.  Always answer “Yep.”
But, there’s a catch.
In this video, I will explain: What kinds of examples to give to support your team player status (they got to be specific) Why you shouldn’t come across as too much of a team player, especially [...] Related posts:

1. How to Answer the Job Interview Question “Tell me about yourself” What’s the most dreaded career opportunity interview question?  “Tell me about…
2. Interviews: How to Answer the Career opportunity References Question Your job references are important to your job search success. …
3. Job Interview Prep: Be Ready for the Toughest Interview Questions The toughest job interview questions in clinical and health care…

It’s rough out there:  tens of thousands of pharma sales reps have gotten laid off in the last 2 years, and pharma layoffs are  only getting worse.  Not only are all these thousands of pharma reps flooding the career opportunity market in medical/healthcare/pharmaceutical sales, many pharma companies are telling the former sales managers of these reps [...] Related posts:

1. “I just got laid off by a large Pharmaceutical company and would like to interview for the analytical capital equipment revenue position you have advertised”. It seems that every week someone in our office has…
2. Major Twenty Medical Company Changes Over the Last Eighteen Months: How They Affect Pharma Sales Reps In 2008, these were the Major 20 medical companies: Major…
3. Cafe Pharma: The Web Equivalent of the Guys’s Room Wall? Cafe Pharma (or Cafepharma) can be a great source of…